Alaska Beacon reporter James Brooks talked with Alaska News Nightly host Casey Grove about the latest court developments with the Alaska Redistricting Board's map of legislative districts.
Alaska Redistricting Board Chairman John Binkley talks with Juneau resident Reed Stoops during a redistricting open house event at Centennial Hall in Juneau in September 2021.
The Alaska Supreme Court says the board that recently redrew boundaries for the state’s legislative districts crafted state Senate districts in Anchorage in a way that favored Republican-leaning Eagle River.and wrote in an opinion that the Redistricting Board, “engaged in unconstitutional political gerrymandering to increase the one group’s voting power at the expense of others.
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